23If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."


In Context

20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

21 Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."

22 And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."

24 Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."

John 20:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:23whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever'sins ye retain, they are retained.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:23whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:23if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:23Whose soever sins you remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins you retain, they are retained.